The Spinster Diaries Quotes

“Sometimes—in other cities—I get the feeling that maybe I am not so very hideous to look at. But the feeling always passes when I return to LA.”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“I’m starting to think maybe there is something truly awful about LA. Maybe there’s something in the water here? Obviously, it would have to be in the bottled water.”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“Fraturday night,”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“After all, with The Spinster Way, you get to go home early and leave with your self-respect, and with the other way—well, I’ve never really tried the other way, so I’m not real clear on what its supposed advantages are.”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“we now live in a world in which it’s decidedly more shameful for a woman to admit that she has not spent her formative years pole dancing for fitness, perfecting her blow job skills, and dressing up in designer clothes, than for her to admit that she has.”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“Which is sadder: to go through life and never find the person who’s right for you? Or never to have bothered looking in the first place?”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel

“I mean, yes, I am enormous. But here in LA the concept of “enormous” begins around size ten, which is the point at which salesgirls in trendy boutiques begin to greet you with the phrase… SUPER-SKINNY SALESGIRL We also have things in larger sizes.”
― Gina Fattore, The Spinster Diaries: A Novel